# 2017 World Championships in Athletics

The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011.

## Bidding process

When the seeking deadline passed on 1 September 2011, two candidate cities (London and Doha) had confirmed their candidatures. Barcelona, which investigated a bid, withdrew citing a lack of support from the local population and financial difficulties.
On 5 September 2011, Doha launched its marketing bid for the 2017 World Championships. The slogan of the bid was "The RIGHT PARTNER for a stronger World Championships." The bid was led by Abdullah Al Zaini and Aphrodite Moschoudi. Moschoudi successfully led Qatar's bid for the 2015 Handball World Championships. Doha also brought in Brian Roe, a member of the IAAF Technical Committee. The bid was for the championships to be held in the renovated, climate-controlled Khalifa Stadium. The Corniche promenade was to hold the road races, with the committee proposing to hold the marathon at night after the opening ceremony.
On 6 September 2011, London unveiled its bid for the 2017 championships with the slogan "Ready to break records." This was London's fourth bid in less than 15 years to host the event. The London bid team said that if their bid was successful they would introduce the "Women in World Athletics" programme.
The IAAF Evaluation Commission visited London on 2–4 October and Doha on 4–6 October. On 11 November 2011, the winner was officially announced as London.

## Venue

The championships were held in the London Stadium in Stratford, London, which hosted the athletics events and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has a capacity of 60,000.
Six days before the events were due to begin, it was reported that more than 660,000 tickets had been sold, which was a record for the World Championships, surpassing the previous record of 417,156 tickets sold for Berlin 2009.

## Media coverage

Rights to televise the championships in the United Kingdom were held by the BBC. NBCUniversal was the rights holder in the United States. In Canada, rights to televise the championships belonged to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

## Mascot

The mascots for the IAAF Championships and World ParaAthletics Championships were unveiled in April 2017, and chosen through a children's design contest organised by the BBC programme Blue Peter. The mascots represent "everyday" endangered species of the UK; the IAAF Championships mascot is an anthropomorphic hedgehog named Hero the Hedgehog, and for the ParaAthletics, Whizbee the Bee.

## Entry standards

The qualification period for the 10,000 metres, marathon, race walks, relays, and combined events runs from 1 January 2016 to 23 July 2017. For all other events, the qualification period runs from 1 October 2016 to 23 July 2017.
| Event | Men | Women |
| 100 metres | 10.12 | 11.26 |
| 200 metres | 20.44 | 23.10 |
| 400 metres | 45.50 | 52.10 |
| 800 metres | 1:45.90 | 2:01.00 |
| 1500 metres (mile) | 3:36.00 (3:53.40) | 4:07.50 (4:26.70) |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:32.00 | 9:42.00 |
| 5000 metres | 13:22.60 | 15:22.00 |
| 10,000 metres | 27:45.00 | 32:15.00 |
| 110/100 metre hurdles | 13.48 | 12.98 |
| 400 metres hurdles | 49.35 | 56.10 |
| High jump | 2.30 m | 1.94 m |
| Pole vault | 5.70 m | 4.55 m |
| Long jump | 8.15 m | 6.75 m |
| Triple jump | 16.80 m | 14.10 m |
| Shot put | 20.50 m | 17.75 m |
| Discus throw | 65.00 m | 61.20 m |
| Hammer throw | 76.00 m | 71.00 m |
| Javelin throw | 83.00 m | 61.40 m |
| Marathon | 2:19:00 | 2:45:00 |
| Decathlon/Heptathlon | 8100 | 6200 |
| 20 kilometres race walk | 1:24:00 | 1:36:00 |
| 50 kilometres race walk | 4:06:00 | 4:30:00 |

## Event schedule

The Women's 50 kilometres walk was held for the first time.
    All dates are BST (UTC+1)
| P | Preliminary Round | Q | Qualification | H | Heats | S | Semi-final | F | Final |
| Event | Event | 4 Aug | 5 Aug | 5 Aug | 6 Aug | 6 Aug | 7 Aug | 8 Aug | 9 Aug | 10 Aug | 11 Aug | 11 Aug | 12 Aug | 12 Aug | 13 Aug | 13 Aug |
| Event | Event | A | M | A | M | A | A | A | A | A | M | A | M | A | M | A |
| Men | 100 m | P | | S | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | 100 m | H | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | 200 m | | | | | | H | | S | F | | | | | | |
| Men | 400 m | | H | | | S | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men | 800 m | | H | | | S | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men | 1500 m | | | | | | | | | H | | S | | | | F |
| Men | 5000 m | | | | | | | | H | | | | | F | | |
| Men | 10,000 m | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | Marathon | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | 3000 m steeplechase | | | | H | | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men | 110 m hurdles | | | | H | S | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | 400 m hurdles | | | | H | | S | | F | | | | | | | |
| Men | Decathlon | | | | | | | | | | F | F | F | F | | |
| Men | High jump | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | | F |
| Men | Pole vault | | | | Q | | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men | Long jump | Q | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | Triple jump | | | | | | Q | | | F | | | | | | |
| Men | Shot put | | Q | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | Discus throw | Q | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men | Hammer throw | | | | | | | | Q | | | F | | | | |
| Men | Javelin throw | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F | | |
| Men | 20 km walk | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| Men | 50 km walk | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| Men | 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men | 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |
| Women | 100 m | | H | | | S | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | 100 m | | H | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | 200 m | | | | | | | H | | S | | F | | | | |
| Women | 400 m | | | | H | | S | | F | | | | | | | |
| Women | 800 m | | | | | | | | | H | | S | | | | F |
| Women | 1500 m | H | | S | | | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | 5000 m | | | | | | | | | H | | | | | | F |
| Women | 10,000 m | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | Marathon | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | 3000 m steeplechase | | | | | | | | H | | | F | | | | |
| Women | 100 m hurdles | | | | | | | | | | H | S | | F | | |
| Women | 400 m hurdles | | | | | | H | S | | F | | | | | | |
| Women | Heptathlon | | F | F | F | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | High jump | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F | | |
| Women | Pole vault | Q | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | Long jump | | | | | | | | Q | | | F | | | | |
| Women | Triple jump | | Q | | | | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | Shot put | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | |
| Women | Discus throw | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | | F |
| Women | Hammer throw | | Q | | | | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Women | Javelin throw | | | | | Q | | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women | 20 km walk | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| Women | 50 km walk | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| Women | 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Women | 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |

## Event summary
### Men
#### Track

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Justin Gatlin United States (USA) | 9.92 SB, WMR | Christian Coleman United States (USA) | 9.94 | Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM) | 9.95 SB |
| 200 metres details | Ramil Guliyev Turkey (TUR) | 20.09 | Wayde van Niekerk South Africa (RSA) | 20.11 | Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.11 |
| 400 metres details | Wayde van Niekerk South Africa (RSA) | 43.98 | Steven Gardiner Bahamas (BAH) | 44.41 | Abdalelah Haroun Qatar (QAT) | 44.48 SB |
| 800 metres details | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse France (FRA) | 1:44.67 SB | Adam Kszczot Poland (POL) | 1:44.95 SB | Kipyegon Bett Kenya (KEN) | 1:45.21 |
| 1500 metres details | Elijah Manangoi Kenya (KEN) | 3:33.61 | Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya (KEN) | 3:33.99 | Filip Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR) | 3:34.53 |
| 5000 metres details | Muktar Edris Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:32.79 | Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:33.22 | Paul Chelimo United States (USA) | 13:33.30 |
| 10,000 metres details | Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 26:49.51 WL | Joshua Cheptegei Uganda (UGA) | 26:49.94 PB | Paul Tanui Kenya (KEN) | 26:50.60 SB |
| Marathon details | Geoffrey Kirui Kenya (KEN) | 2:08:27 | Tamirat Tola Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:09:49 | Alphonce Simbu Tanzania (TAN) | 2:09:51 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Omar McLeod Jamaica (JAM) | 13.04 | Sergey Shubenkov Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 13.14 | Balázs Baji Hungary (HUN) | 13.28 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Karsten Warholm Norway (NOR) | 48.35 | Yasmani Copello Turkey (TUR) | 48.49 | Kerron Clement United States (USA) | 48.52 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Conseslus Kipruto Kenya (KEN) | 8:14.12 | Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco (MAR) | 8:14.49 | Evan Jager United States (USA) | 8:15.53 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Éider Arévalo Colombia (COL) | 1:18:53 NR | Sergey Shirobokov Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 1:18:55 | Caio Bonfim Brazil (BRA) | 1:19:04 NR |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Yohann Diniz France (FRA) | 3:33:12 CR | Hirooki Arai Japan (JPN) | 3:41:17 SB | Kai Kobayashi Japan (JPN) | 3:41:19 PB |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Chijindu Ujah Adam Gemili Danny Talbot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | 37.47 WL, AR | United States (USA) Mike Rodgers Justin Gatlin Jaylen Bacon Christian Coleman BeeJay Lee* | 37.52 SB | Japan (JPN) Shuhei Tada Shota Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryu Kenji Fujimitsu Asuka Cambridge* | 38.04 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Jarrin Solomon Jereem Richards Machel Cedenio Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow* | 2:58.12 WL, NR | United States (USA) Wilbert London Gil Roberts Michael Cherry Fred Kerley Bryshon Nellum* Tony McQuay* | 2:58.61SB | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Matthew Hudson-Smith Rabah Yousif Dwayne Cowan Martyn Rooney Jack Green* | 2:59.00 SB |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

#### Field

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar (QAT) | 2.35 m | Danil Lysenko Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 2.32 m | Majd Eddin Ghazal Syria (SYR) | 2.29 m |
| Pole vault details | Sam Kendricks United States (USA) | 5.95 m | Piotr Lisek Poland (POL) | 5.89 m | Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA) | 5.89 m SB |
| Long jump details | Luvo Manyonga South Africa (RSA) | 8.48 m | Jarrion Lawson United States (USA) | 8.44 m | Rushwahl Samaai South Africa (RSA) | 8.32 m |
| Triple jump details | Christian Taylor United States (USA) | 17.68 m | Will Claye United States (USA) | 17.63 m | Nelson Évora Portugal (POR) | 17.19 m |
| Shot put details | Tomas Walsh New Zealand (NZL) | 22.03 m | Joe Kovacs United States (USA) | 21.66 m | Stipe Žunić Croatia (CRO) | 21.46 m |
| Discus throw details | Andrius Gudžius Lithuania (LTU) | 69.21 m PB | Daniel Ståhl Sweden (SWE) | 69.19 m | Mason Finley United States (USA) | 68.03 m PB |
| Javelin throw details | Johannes Vetter Germany (GER) | 89.89 m | Jakub Vadlejch Czech Republic (CZE) | 89.73 m PB | Petr Frydrych Czech Republic (CZE) | 88.32 m PB |
| Hammer throw details | Paweł Fajdek Poland (POL) | 79.81 m | Valeriy Pronkin Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 78.16 m | Wojciech Nowicki Poland (POL) | 78.03 m |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

#### Combined

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Decathlon details | Kevin Mayer France (FRA) | 8768 WL | Rico Freimuth Germany (GER) | 8564 | Kai Kazmirek Germany (GER) | 8488 SB |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

### Women
#### Track

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Tori Bowie United States (USA) | 10.85 SB | Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.86 PB | Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED) | 10.96 |
| 200 metres details | Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED) | 22.05 SB | Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast (CIV) | 22.08 NR | Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bahamas (BAH) | 22.15 |
| 400 metres details | Phyllis Francis United States (USA) | 49.92 PB | Salwa Eid Naser Bahrain (BHR) | 50.06 NR | Allyson Felix United States (USA) | 50.08 |
| 800 metres details | Caster Semenya South Africa (RSA) | 1:55.16 WL, NR | Francine Niyonsaba Burundi (BDI) | 1:55.92 | Ajeé Wilson United States (USA) | 1:56.65 |
| 1500 metres details | Faith Kipyegon Kenya (KEN) | 4:02.59 | Jennifer Simpson United States (USA) | 4:02.76 | Caster Semenya South Africa (RSA) | 4:02.90 |
| 5000 metres details | Hellen Obiri Kenya (KEN) | 14:34.86 | Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH) | 14:40.35 SB | Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED) | 14:42.73 |
| 10,000 metres details | Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH) | 30:16.32 WL | Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH) | 31:02.69 SB | Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya (KEN) | 31:03.50 PB |
| Marathon details | Rose Chelimo Bahrain (BHR) | 2:27:11 | Edna Kiplagat Kenya (KEN) | 2:27:18 | Amy Cragg United States (USA) | 2:27:18 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Sally Pearson Australia (AUS) | 12.59 | Dawn Harper-Nelson United States (USA) | 12.63 SB | Pamela Dutkiewicz Germany (GER) | 12.72 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Kori Carter United States (USA) | 53.07 | Dalilah Muhammad United States (USA) | 53.50 | Ristananna Tracey Jamaica (JAM) | 53.74 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Emma Coburn United States (USA) | 9:02.58 CR | Courtney Frerichs United States (USA) | 9:03.77 PB | Hyvin Jepkemoi Kenya (KEN) | 9:04.03 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Yang Jiayu China (CHN) | 1:26:18 PB | Lupita González Mexico (MEX) | 1:26:19 SB | Antonella Palmisano Italy (ITA) | 1:26:36 PB |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Inês Henriques Portugal (POR) | 4:05:56 WR | Yin Hang China (CHN) | 4:08:58 AR | Yang Shuqing China (CHN) | 4:20:50 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Aaliyah Brown Allyson Felix Morolake Akinosun Tori Bowie Ariana Washington* | 41.82 WL | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Asha Philip Desirèe Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita | 42.12 | Jamaica (JAM) Jura Levy Natasha Morrison Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes Christania Williams* | 42.19 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Quanera Hayes Allyson Felix Shakima Wimbley Phyllis Francis Kendall Ellis* Natasha Hastings* | 3:19:02 WL | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Zoey Clark Laviai Nielsen Eilidh Doyle Emily Diamond Perri Shakes-Drayton* | 3:25:00 | Poland (POL) Małgorzata Hołub Iga Baumgart Aleksandra Gaworska Justyna Święty Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz* Martyna Dąbrowska* | 3:25:41 SB |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

#### Field

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Mariya Lasitskene Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 2.03 m | Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine (UKR) | 2.01 m PB | Kamila Lićwinko Poland (POL) | 1.99 m SB |
| Pole vault details | Katerina Stefanidi Greece (GRE) | 4.91 m WL, NR | Sandi Morris United States (USA) | 4.75 m | Robeilys Peinado Venezuela (VEN) Yarisley Silva Cuba (CUB) | 4.65 m =NR4.65 m |
| Long jump details | Brittney Reese United States (USA) | 7.02 m | Darya Klishina Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 7.00 m SB | Tianna Bartoletta United States (USA) | 6.97 m |
| Triple jump details | Yulimar Rojas Venezuela (VEN) | 14.91 m | Caterine Ibargüen Colombia (COL) | 14.89 m SB | Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 14.77 m SB |
| Shot put details | Gong Lijiao China (CHN) | 19.94 m | Anita Márton Hungary (HUN) | 19.49 m | Michelle Carter United States (USA) | 19.14 m |
| Discus throw details | Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO) | 70.31 m | Dani Stevens Australia (AUS) | 69.64 m | Mélina Robert-Michon France (FRA) | 66.21 m SB |
| Hammer throw details | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) | 77.90 m | Wang Zheng China (CHN) | 75.98 m | Malwina Kopron Poland (POL) | 74.76 m |
| Javelin throw details | Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE) | 66.76 m | Li Lingwei China (CHN) | 66.25 m PB | Lü Huihui China (CHN) | 65.26 m |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

#### Combined

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon details | Nafissatou Thiam Belgium (BEL) | 6784 | Carolin Schäfer Germany (GER) | 6696 | Anouk Vetter Netherlands (NED) | 6636 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Host nation)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| – | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (42 entries) | Totals (42 entries) | 48 | 48 | 49 | 145 |

### Notes

^[1] IAAF does not include the six medals (1 gold and 5 silver) won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table.

## Placing table

In the IAAF placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight placed finalists. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs. 65 IAAF members received points.
* Host nation
| Rank | Country | | | | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 272 |
| 2 | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 124 |
| 3 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 105 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 86 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 81 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 78 |
| 7 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 70 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 68 |
| 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 68 |
| 10 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| 12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 |
| 13 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| 15 | Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 16 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 19 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 19 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 21 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 21 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 21 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 21 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 25 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 26 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 26 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 28 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 29 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 29 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 33 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 34 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 35 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 36 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 37 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 37 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 37 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 40 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 40 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

## Participants

Below is the list of countries and other neutral groupings who participated in the championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.
* Participating National Olympic Committees
* Afghanistan (AFG) (1)
* Albania (ALB) (1)
* Algeria (ALG) (8)
* Andorra (AND) (1)
* Angola (ANG) (1)
* Anguilla (AIA) (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) (5)
* Argentina (ARG) (10)
* Armenia (ARM) (1)
* Athlete Refugee Team (ART) (5)
* Aruba (ARU) (1)
* Australia (AUS) (62)
* Austria (AUT) (5)
* Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) (19)
* Azerbaijan (AZE) (4)
* Bahamas (BAH) (27)
* Bahrain (BHR) (26)
* Bangladesh (BAN) (1)
* Barbados (BAR) (8)
* Belarus (BLR) (16)
* Belgium (BEL) (18)
* Bermuda (BER) (1)
* Benin (BEN) (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (3)
* Belize (BIZ) (1)
* Bolivia (BOL) (2)
* Botswana (BOT) (12)
* Brazil (BRA) (39)
* British Virgin Islands (IVB) (3)
* Brunei (BRU) (1)
* Bulgaria (BUL) (8)
* Burkina Faso (BUR) (2)
* Burundi (BDI) (4)
* Cambodia (CAM) (1)
* Cameroon (CMR) (2)
* Canada (CAN) (57)
* Cape Verde (CPV) (1)
* Cayman Islands (CAY) (2)
* Central African Republic (CAF) (1)
* Chad (CHA) (1)
* Chile (CHI) (9)
* China (CHN) (50)
* Chinese Taipei (TPE) (2)
* Congo (CGO) (2)
* Colombia (COL) (20)
* Comoros (COM) (1)
* Cook Islands (COK) (1)
* Costa Rica (CRC) (1)
* Croatia (CRO) (9)
* Cuba (CUB) (28)
* Cyprus (CYP) (5)
* Czech Republic (CZE) (27)
* DR Congo (COD) (1)
* Denmark (DEN) (4)
* Djibouti (DJI) (4)
* Dominica (DMA) (2)
* Dominican Republic (DOM) (3)
* Ecuador (ECU) (17)
* Egypt (EGY) (4)
* El Salvador (ESA) (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) (1)
* Eritrea (ERI) (8)
* Estonia (EST) (14)
* Ethiopia (ETH) (46)
* Fiji (FIJ) (1)
* Finland (FIN) (12)
* France (FRA) (55)
* French Polynesia (PYF) (1)
* Micronesia (FSM) (1)
* Gabon (GAB) (1)
* Gambia (GAM) (1)
* Georgia (GEO) (1)
* Germany (GER) (76)
* Ghana (GHA) (8)
* Gibraltar (GIB) (1)
* Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (92)
* Greece (GRE) (21)
* Grenada (GRN) (4)
* Guam (GUM) (1)
* Guatemala (GUA) (7)
* Guinea (GUI) (1)
* Guinea-Bissau (GBS) (1)
* Guyana (GUY) (2)
* Haiti (HAI) (2)
* Honduras (HON) (1)
* Hong Kong (HKG) (1)
* Hungary (HUN) (16)
* Iceland (ISL) (3)
* India (IND) (25)
* Indonesia (INA) (1)
* Iran (IRI) (3)
* Iraq (IRQ) (1)
* Ireland (IRL) (12)
* Israel (ISR) (8)
* Italy (ITA) (36)
* Ivory Coast (CIV) (4)
* Jamaica (JAM) (63)
* Japan (JPN) (47)
* Jordan (JOR) (1)
* Kazakhstan (KAZ) (13)
* Kenya (KEN) (50)
* Kiribati (KIR) (1)
* Kosovo (KOS) (1)
* Kuwait (KUW) (3)
* Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) (4)
* Laos (LAO) (1)
* Latvia (LAT) (12)
* Lebanon (LIB) (1)
* Lesotho (LES) (3)
* Liberia (LBR) (1)
* Lithuania (LTU) (15)
* Luxembourg (LUX) (1)
* Macau (MAC) (1)
* Madagascar (MAD) (1)
* Macedonia (MKD) (1)
* Malaysia (MAS) (1)
* Malawi (MAW) (1)
* Maldives (MDV) (1)
* Mali (MLI) (1)
* Malta (MLT) (1)
* Marshall Islands (MHL) (1)
* Mauritania (MTN) (1)
* Mauritius (MRI) (1)
* Mexico (MEX) (15)
* Moldova (MDA) (5)
* Monaco (MON) (1)
* Mongolia (MGL) (5)
* Montenegro (MNE) (1)
* Montserrat (MNT) (1)
* Morocco (MAR) (15)
* Mozambique (MOZ) (1)
* Myanmar (MYA) (1)
* Namibia (NAM) (5)
* Nauru (NRU) (1)
* Nepal (NEP) (1)
* Netherlands (NED) (30)
* New Zealand (NZL) (12)
* Nicaragua (NCA) (1)
* Niger (NIG) (1)
* Nigeria (NGR) (15)
* North Korea (PRK) (3)
* Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) (1)
* Norway (NOR) (13)
* Oman (OMN) (1)
* Palau (PLW) (1)
* Pakistan (PAK) (1)
* Palestine (PLE) (2)
* Panama (PAN) (3)
* Papua New Guinea (PNG) (3)
* Paraguay (PAR) (2)
* Peru (PER) (7)
* Philippines (PHI) (1)
* Poland (POL) (51)
* Portugal (POR) (21)
* Puerto Rico (PUR) (5)
* Qatar (QAT) (5)
* Romania (ROM) (15)
* Rwanda (RWA) (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) (1)
* Saint Lucia (LCA) (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) (1)
* Samoa (SAM) (2)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) (1)
* Saudi Arabia (KSA) (1)
* Serbia (SRB) (8)
* Seychelles (SEY) (1)
* Sierra Leone (SLE) (1)
* Slovakia (SVK) (5)
* Slovenia (SLO) (7)
* Solomon Islands (SOL) (1)
* Somalia (SOM) (1)
* South Africa (RSA) (29)
* South Korea (KOR) (17)
* South Sudan (SSD) (1)
* Spain (ESP) (59)
* Sri Lanka (SRI) (4)
* Sudan (SUD) (1)
* Suriname (SUR) (1)
* Swaziland (SWZ) (1)
* Sweden (SWE) (32)
* Switzerland (SUI) (19)
* Syria (SYR) (1)
* Tajikistan (TJK) (2)
* Tanzania (TAN) (8)
* Thailand (THA) (2)
* Togo (TOG) (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) (25)
* Tunisia (TUN) (5)
* Turkey (TUR) (27)
* Turkmenistan (TKM) (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS) (1)
* Tuvalu (TUV) (1)
* Uganda (UGA) (22)
* Ukraine (UKR) (48)
* United Arab Emirates (UAE) (1)
* United States (USA) (167)
* Uruguay (URU) (5)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) (1)
* Uzbekistan (UZB) (2)
* Vanuatu (VAN) (1)
* Venezuela (VEN) (11)
* Vietnam (VIE) (1)
* Zambia (ZAM) (2)
* Zimbabwe (ZIM) (5)

### Russian suspension

Russia is currently indefinitely suspended from international competition due to a doping scandal, and will therefore not be present at the Championships. Nevertheless, 19 Russian athletes have been allowed to participate in international competition included as "authorised neutral athletes" at London 2017 following a long process to show that they were not directly implicated in Russia's state doping program. These athletes include Mariya Lasitskene (high jump), Sergey Shubenkov (110 metres hurdles), Ilya Shkurenev (decathlon), Aleksandr Menkov (long jump) and Anzhelika Sidorova (pole vault) plus names from 2016 such as Darya Klishina (long jump)

### Refugees

For the first time, an Athlete Refugee Team delegation was present at the competition, mirroring the efforts to include refugee athletes that had occurred at the athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. A total of five athletes – all of them Kenya-based refugees – were entered as part of the Athlete Refugee Team, including Somalian Ahmed Bashir Farah, Ethiopian Kadar Omar Abdullahi, and South Sudanese middle-distance runners Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Rose Lokonyen and Anjelina Lohalith.

### Quarantine

An outbreak of norovirus occurred at a local hotel affecting 30 athletes and officials.

### Doping

An anti-doping programme was overseen at the championships for the first time by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) – an independent anti-doping board within the IAAF. A total of 1513 samples were collected at the competition and were sent to Ghent for analysis by a World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratory . The samples comprised 596 urine sample (212 of which were tested for erythropoietin) and 917 blood samples. The blood samples were divided into two forms – 725 were taken to feed into the long-term athlete biological passport initiative and 192 were taken specifically to identify use of human growth hormone and erythropoiesis stimulating agents. The in-competition anti-doping scheme was complemented by a more extensive out-of-competition testing programme, which was intelligence and performance-led and amounted to over 2000 blood tests and over 3000 urine samples. An anti-doping education initiative also took place, led by the AIU and the IAAF Athletes' Commission, including an Athletes' Integrity Pledge which was taken by around 2500 athletes.
Two of Ukraine's foremost athletes, Olesya Povkh and Olha Zemlyak, were suspended for failed doping tests immediately before the championships in London.
The initial findings of the in-competition tests were that three athletes tested positive for doping, none of whom were medalists. The names of the athletes were not announced, allowing the athletes to contest the result and request a b-sample test.